rec.autos.simulators

Spirt of Racing 1937 vs GPL

Bruce Kennewel

Spirt of Racing 1937 vs GPL

by Bruce Kennewel » Mon, 23 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Yes......perhaps this will provide ammunition for another exercise in the
on-going debate over what sells and what doesn't!


> On Thu, 19 Aug 1999 22:23:48 +1000, "Bruce Kennewell"

> >That struck me as an extremely odd thing to do.
> >From a marketing exercise they have chosen some odd circuits and an odd
> >period.
> >Far better to have set the time frame in the last two years before
> >WW2....the period 1937 - 1939 saw some awsome machinery from Mercedes and
> >Auto Union, with Alfa Romeo*** on by the skin of its teeth.

> >Well....let's hope that the developers prove us all wrong.

>    It should be an interesting data point for the "GPL: It didn't sell
> because of difficulty/accessability or lack of contemporary interest"
> debate.

> "But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was
> nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into
> a motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark

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